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Glasgow ■ Caledon Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 07900 493948. 7.30pm. £15.50 (£13.50). Scotland’s Three Tenors show off their vocal expertise. ■ Tristan le Govic St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £10. Celtic-Scandinavian jazz fusion from this electro-acoustic Celtic harpist and guests. Edinburgh ■ Carlos Arredondo Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road, 446 3321. 7.30pm. £5. ‘Songs with meanings’ in the tradition of the ‘New Song Movement’ in Chile during the 70s. FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. See Fri 29.
Saturday 21
Glasgow ■ Mary Waterson & Oliver Knight and Trembling Bells Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. 7pm. £7.50 (local links £4). Nu folk on Waterson and Knight’s only Scottish date on their current tour. Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Sat 30.
Sunday 22
Glasgow ■ Foster & Allen Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17.50–£19.50. See Wed 18. Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Fri 29. ■ The Webb Sisters The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £13.50. Dynamic folk and pop multi-instrumentalists. ■ Abigail Washburn The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12. Singer and clawhammer banjo player whose sound is a unique fusion of bluegrass and Chinese musical elements. FREE Bobby Nicholson & Eddy Hanson Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Sun 1.
Tuesday 24
Glasgow FREE Traditional Music Sessions MacSorley’s, 42 Jamaica Street, 248 8581. 9pm. See Tue 3. Edinburgh ■ Good Lovelies Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. Upbeat harmonies from this folky Canadian trio. ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.20pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring Free Range.
Wednesday 25 Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 4. ■ Anais Mitchell The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance. 7.30pm. £12. Mitchell has recently worked with the likes of Ani Di Franco, Greg Brown and Bon Iver on new album Hadestown which transposes the myth of Orpheus to the US. ■ Tannahill Weavers Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 01899 221225. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; members £6). The Tannahill Weavers’ arrangements blend the beauty of the traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms.
FOLK & WORLD Music
FREE Black Cat Band Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Wed 4.
Thursday 26
Glasgow ■ Rory McLeod St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £9 (£7). The award-winning Orcadian troubadour performs magical music with influences from flamenco and blues to Celtic and calypso rhythms. Edinburgh ■ The Long Notes Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. See Mon 23. ■ Sierra Maestra The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £17.50 (£14). See Wed 25. ■ Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band The Royal Scots Club, 29–31 Abercromby Place, 556 4270. 8pm. £6. See Thu 28. FREE Folk Music Session Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Thu 28.√
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Thursday 28
Glasgow ■ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Afternoon Performance City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £7–£8. Atos Trio guest in an Austro-German programme conducted by Andrew Manze. Edinburgh ■ St George’s Senior Orchestral and Concertos Concert Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7.15pm. £5 (£3). Pupils from St George’s School for Girls perform works by Mozart, Vivaldi, Saint-Saëns and others. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Symphonic Opera The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9–£27. Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducts symphonies by Haydn and Mozart; Renata Pokupic sings arias by Rossini and Mozart.
Friday 29 Glasgow ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Symphonic Opera City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£25. See Thu 28.
Edinburgh ■ RSNO: Spanish Rhapsodies Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (under 16s free). Stéphane Denève conducts music by Lieberson, Ravel and Falla.
Saturday 30 Glasgow ■ Christina Knox St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road. 7.30pm. By donation. Violin sonatas by Prokofiev, Brahms and Ben-Haim. ■ Die Fledermaus Eastwood Park Theatre, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. 7.30pm. £16 (£12; students £8). Opera della Luna presents Strauss’ comic opera.
Sunday 1 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. Sunday promenade concert.
■ Amicus St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £12 (£8). Greg Lawson is soloist for Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six: Elmo Cosentini St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Viennese organ master plays works by Clérambault, Bach, Mozart, Boëly and Tournemire.
Monday 2
Edinburgh ■ Christian Elliott Cello Recital St Mark’s Unitarian Church, Castle Terrace. Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. Donation. Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Kenneth Leighton, John Hearne and Franck, with pianist Harvey Davies.
Tuesday 3
Glasgow ✽✽ Plug I: Duos for Calum and Fraser RSAMD, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 1pm. £4 (£3). New works for clarinet by student composers. ■ Duo Ecosse Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489. 1.15–2pm. £4. Music for two violins by Handel, Barthelemon, Martinu and Halvorsen. ■ Plug II: Glasgow Liederbuch I RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 4pm. £4 (£3). New Lieder by student composers. ■ Plug III: Dance Plug RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Modern Ballet students dance to music by student composers of RSAMD’s MusicLab programme.
Wednesday 4
Glasgow ■ Plug IV: Glasgow Liederbuch II RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £4 (£3). More new Lieder from student composers. ■ Plug V: MusicLab RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). New works by student composers. Edinburgh FREE Serias Quintet Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 650 2427. 1.10pm. Modern compositions by Gasperini, Caponnetto and Julian Wagstaff. ■ Dunedin Consort: Motets–Bach and his Forefathers Scotland Tour St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Broughton Street, 516 3718. 7.30pm. £12–£15. Vocal works by the Bach family. FREE Serias Quintet St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. Music by Drummond, Williams, Turi and others.
Thursday 5
Glasgow ■ Madera Moderna Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £7 (£6; students/children £3). Clarinet music by Piazzolla and others. ■ Plug VI: Style in Performance RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £4 (£3). Focusing on the collaboration between composer and performer. ■ Plug VII: Electroacoustic Event RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). New works by RSAMD composers. Edinburgh ■ RSNO Season Finale: Ode to Joy Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£32 (under 16s free). John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Italian Serenade The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £9–£27. Olari Elts conducts work by non-Italians Haydn, Wolf and Brahms.
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Scottish Opera: Rigoletto Completing the 2010/11 season, Scottish Opera’s new Rigoletto (above) is directed by Matthew Richardson, who brought two of the company’s Five:15 short operas to the stage last year. With its larger-than-life characters and Verdi’s fabulous music, it is little wonder Rigoletto is one of the most performed operas in the world. Wed 27 Apr, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh.
Plug No less than 11 concerts of new music presented by the composition department of the RSAMD. Everything performed is being heard for the very first time, culminating in the BBC SSO and leading German composer Helmut Oerhing’s POEndulum, based on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Tue 3 May–Sat 7 May, RSAMD/City Halls, Glasgow.
BBC SSO: Flights of Inspiration Young Glasgow- born composer, Martin Suckling is in increasing demand, with a piece commissioned by the SCO for next season and the world premiere of his Candlebird by the London Sinfonietta at the end of May. Hear the first Scottish performance of The Moon, The Moon!, originally for the London Symphony Orchestra, in the hands of Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO. Thu 12 May, City Halls, Glasgow.
Friday 6
Glasgow ■ Plug VIII: With MusicLab RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). New compositions by student composers and John Maxwell Geddes. ■ Plug IX: Red Note Side-by-Side with MusicLab RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). New works by student composers. ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Italian Serenade City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£25. See Thu 5. ■ Sietze de Vries Barony Hall, Rottenrow East, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12 (£9; students £5). Classics and improvisations on the hall’s new organ.
Saturday 7
Glasgow FREE Nibbles from Plug Recital Rooms, City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 6.30pm. Highlights from this year’s festival of new music. 28 Apr–26 May 2011 THE LIST 97